🇯🇴🇮🇶Operation Watchmaker: set up to detect & prevent 💣bomb-makers & illicit chem & explosive materials transiting through border points in Jordan & Iraq. 👫73,000+ people screened against local & INTERPOL databases ➡️ 3 arrests 🛅18,000+ cargo screened ➡️ 3 hits + 1 detention

NEW: EXERTER report highlights the outcomes from the work with scenarios involving criminal use of #explosives. Developed with INTERPOL CBRNE & FOI, using 'UrbanAware' technology, it presents findings of counter attack domains & analyses on future possibilities & needs.

6 Southeast European countries participated in a Project Watchmaker meeting to prevent 🛑 & respond⛑️ to chemical or explosive attacks & threats by collecting, analysing & sharing intelligence on bomb-makers💣, devices, materials & networks. Participating countries: 🇦🇱🇧🇦🇭🇷🇲🇪🇲🇰🇸🇮

"Although the danger of terrorist threats is relatively low, this region has its own specifics regarding the presence of chemical explosives. We must use international cooperation🤝 to fight this." #INTERPOL HNCB Podgorica, Dejan Boljevic.

Building on the effective work of Project Watchmaker in SEA since its 2016 inception & based on the persistent regional threat, senior officials have decided to implement a new cycle of activities to prevent chemical/explosive attacks💣 Watchmaker SEA members: 🇧🇳🇰🇭🇮🇩🇱🇦🇲🇾🇵🇭🇸🇬🇹🇭🇻🇳

Just one week away from the 3rd Global Chemical Congress where experts from around the world will convene in Marrakesh to share best practices & explore innovative solutions in the fight against chemical and explosives terrorism. Stay tuned!

🎬 COMING SOON: An INTERPOL video highlighting how multiagency cooperation can keep dangerous chemicals🧪 out of reach from criminals with harmful intentions. Launching INTERPOL CBRNE's Global Chemical Congress in a few short days! In partnership with Global Partnership | Weapons of Mass Destruction

The 3rd Global Congress on Chemical Security and Emerging Threats has officially begun in Marrakesh🇲🇦 co-implemented by INTERPOL CBRNE Defense Threat Reduction Agency Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency & FBI. Focus - securing the supply chain: 💳Acquisition 🚚Transportation 🔐Security (physical & cyber) #GlobalChemCongress

🎥VIDEO LAUNCH: INTERPOL's new awareness raising video, The Watchmaker, produced to raise awareness of the threat posed by weaponizable chemicals & their precursors. EN youtu.be/pnK0IcqN8io FR youtu.be/DIH0pAt_AF8 SP youtu.be/do4j2IVCF4E AR youtu.be/RjA24WRVeLQ

Transportation of chemicals introduces additional risks including theft, diversion & illegal acquisition of goods. Day 2 of the #GlobalChemCongress looks deeply at these risks, highlighting good practice and useful mitigation techniques to combat current challenges.

OPERATION CHASE🇱🇾🇲🇦🇹🇳: Teams from Libya, Morocco & Tunisia protect their borders from smugglers of explosives, precursor explosive chemicals & those for manufacture of chemical weapons agents (CWA) utilising skills learned from @INTERPOL's Chemical Terrorism Prevention Programme.

Grateful to Iraqi and Jordanian officials who attended @StateISN's Conference to Prevent Rudimentary Chemical Weapon Attacks in the Middle East this week. Experts shared critical information on the importance of collaboration and strategies to detect and prevent chemical threats.

Esto como parte de las acciones articuladas por la Oficina Central Nacional (OCN) de Interpol, se coordinó esta capacitación con la Unidad para la Prevención del Terrorismo Químico y con Explosivos (ChemEx) de la Organización Internacional de Policía Criminal.

This is brilliant!!! 👏🏾😂👏🏾

Project #Watchmaker delivers its first working group meeting for the Gulf countries, tackling global & regional chemical 🧪 & explosive 💣 threats, and using INTERPOL ’s efforts & capabilities to counter #chemical & #explosive #terrorism through information-sharing.

It’s really important to acknowledge the really hard work of everyone in bringing this together. Creating the first ever Royal Engineer C-CBRN unit (I don’t count the special brigade!) and working out its interaction with combat engineers and the divisional gp is a huge amount of

#GlobalChemCongress DAY 4: Panel sessions 🛜 E-commerce ↗️Emerging threats &trends 💊Pharmaceutical-based agents ☣️PBAs & Biotoxins

#Lima 📸| En la #Dirincri, se llevó a cabo la conferencia sobre “Artefactos explosivos improvisados y su empleo por las bandas y organizaciones criminales”, con la finalidad de capacitar la función del personal policial de las unidades especializadas de la PNP.

Check out this month's CBRNE World Magazine 📖 featuring our CMX team! The article focuses on the launch of our new Incident Exhibits Book & Chemical Crime Scene Recovery & Sampling Standard Operating Guidelines. Subscribe for free to read more: cbrneworld.com/magazine

¡Unidos por un mundo más seguro! Nuestro último artículo 📰 destaca el éxito del Programa Global CHEMEX de INTERPOL en Sudamérica, impulsado por la colaboración estratégica y el intercambio de información. Lee más: nct-cbnw.com/forjando-alian… ¡Agradecemos a Canadá 🇨🇦 por su apoyo!